Real-time retasking of multiple coordinated assets

The Intelligent Tasker was developed to provide dynamic retasking of autonomous coordinated aerial assets to accommodate “pop-up” points of interest and the loss of a team member during a coordinated mission. The system was implemented in MATLAB and can be integrated with various ground stations. The user interface and backend GA Optimizer make planning and executing an optimized coordinated mission straightforward and uncomplicated for the user. The software allows for the original tasking of multiple assets and then the retasking of assets in real-time during flight, if need arises. This work is applied to small fixed wing UAVs, but could easily be applied to other types of aerial, terrestrial, or even aquatic vehicles. This paper presents results that extend previous work using genetic algorithms to efficiently task multiple small fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles in order to gather information from multiple sites in an optimized way.

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